| Edward Farr - 1856 - 570 trang
...declared : " The barbarians chase us into the sea ; the sea throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." But JEtius was then contending with Attila, " the scourge of Rome," and he could not... | |
| David Hume - 1858 - 570 trang
...the one hand, chase us into the sea ; the sea, on the other, throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves. "t But jEtius, pressed by the arms of Attila, the most terrible enemy that ever assailed... | |
| David Hume - 1858 - 566 trang
...on the one hand drive us into the sea, the sea, on the other, throws us back on the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us, of perishing by the sword or by the waves." The Romans, however, at this time pressed by Attila, the most terrible enemy that ever... | |
| David Hume - 1859 - 820 trang
...the one hand chase us into the sea ; the sea on the other throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." But Aetius, pressed by the arms of Attila, the most terrible enemy that ever assailed... | |
| David Hume - 1859 - 232 trang
...the one hand, chase us into the sea ; the sea, on the other, throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us, of perishing by the sword or by the waves." But ^Etius, pressed by the arms of Attila, the most terrible enemy that ever assailed... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1862 - 820 trang
...one hand, chase us into the sea, the sea on the other hand throws us back upon the barbarians; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." But Attila, that terrible Scourge of God, as he profanely boasted him self, was now... | |
| Augusta Blanche Berard - 1862 - 468 trang
..."The barbarians," say they, ".chase us into the sea ; the sea throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." But Attila the Hun, an enemy BO terrible as to be called " the scourge of God," was... | |
| Luke Owen Pike - 1866 - 310 trang
...the one hand, chase us into the sea ; the sea, on the other, throws us back on the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves.' * Next follows the story of the Saxon invasion. ' Then a litter of whelps bursting forth... | |
| David Hume - 1869 - 822 trang
..."on the one hand chase us into the sea; the sea on the other throws us back upon the barbarians; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." But Aetius, pressed by the arms of Attila, the most terrible enemy that ever assailed... | |
| John Jacob Anderson - 1870 - 332 trang
..."on the one hand chase us into the sea; the sea on the other throws us back upon the barbarians; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword or by the waves." 17. Aetius was, however, too much pressed by the Huns, under their terrific leader At'tila,... | |
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